Top Paid LA Lifeguards Earned Up To $392,000 In 2019

Forbes ^ | 3/27/2021

[Altura Ct.]

Being a lifeguard in California can be unbelievably lucrative. If we had only known, many of us would have packed our bags and headed west for a career on the California beach.

Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that lifeguards make a fortune in Los Angeles County. Seven lifeguards made more than $300,000 and 82 lifeguards had total earnings that exceed $200,000 in 2019, the latest year available.

Fernando Boiteux was the most highly paid and earned $391,971. As the “acting chief lifeguard,” he out-earned 1,000 of his peers: salary ($205,619), perks ($60,452), and benefits ($125,900).

The second highest paid, Captain Daniel Douglas, pulled down $140,706 in base pay, and a whopping $131,493 in overtime pay, with $21,760 in “other pay” and $74,709 in benefits. Total compensation amounted to $368,668.

Overtime pay drove earnings into corporate executive range.

Thirty-one lifeguards made between $50,000 and $131,493 in overtime during the year. For example, Daniel Douglas (comp: $368,668; overtime: $131,493), Jaro Snopek (comp: $292,455; overtime:$119,669) and James Orr (comp: $281,270; overtime: $113,015) each made over $100,000 in overtime alone.

[Steely Tom]

White stuff on my nose!

[xzins]

Is this for real?

[Dilbert San Diego]

Do they have a good union?

[Rebelbase]

That's a lot of dough. Not to mention the non-financial benefits.

[Meatspace]

All that cash probably goes to various child support payments.

[rlmorel]

LOL, I remember that. Ahh, women’s beach volleyball. Better than women’s ice skating!

[freefdny]

Selling shoes
Another loser working in a shopping mall
9 to 5
A slave driver telling me “Get on the ball!”
A crowded store
I kneel before them
Misery beyond compare
Sweaty socks
A lady boxer
What’s she got against fresh air?
I want an ocean and some sunscreen lotion
Take me to the beach with a thousand pretty girls in reach

I, I, I want to be a lifeguard (help, help, help, help)
I, I, I want to guard your life
I, I, I want to be a lifeguard (lifeguard, lifeguard)
Hardly any clothes (lifeguard)
Sand between my toes (lifeguard)
White stuff on my nose
Selling shoes
Another loser working in a shopping mall
I’m getting fat
What does it matter?
Nobody cares at all
But next July, I’ll say goodbye to every out-of-it, dull-witted fool
Convert their feet into meters, marking distance at the swimming pool
Summer blondes revealing tanlines
I’ll make more moves than Allied Van Lines

I want to be a lifeguard. Blotto

[cuban leaf]

[blueunicorn6]

I went into a lake one time to save an adolescent boy.

Dang near killed me.

I had to fight with him in the water to save him.

I don’t know what the right wage is in comparison to Soldiers and police and so forth.

But saving drowning people is a hard and dangerous job.

[al baby]

Topless woman curling would be epic

[rlmorel]

I photoshopped this from way back:

Yeah. I was looking for humor anywhere I could.

[rlmorel]

Hey...what is the Internet for, if not for Topless Women’s Curling???

[Vaduz]

It’s only money nothing taxes can’t cure.

[fhayek]

Maybe so, but you can't tell me that you can't find someone qualified and willing to do the job for, say $100,000. You have to remember, you probably were not trained, nor were you equipped to perform rescues.

And furthermore, if you are paying such heavy overtime costs, maybe its time to hire more people. But then again, it's not their money (the people in charge).